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WILD CAT. 
Felis Catus, Linn. 
From Scotland. — Presented by Lord Gwydyr. 
Several varieties of the domestic Cat are exhibited here, such as the 
Angora Cat, Persian Cat, Kamtschatka Cat, tailless Cat , &c. 
PERSIAN LYNX. 
Felis Caracal, Schreb. 
Presented by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. — A second 
specimen is one of a pair from Mogadore, presented by W. Willshire, 
Esq. Others from India have been presented by Lord Clare. 
LION and LIONESS. 
Felis Leo, Linn. 
These are young animals, and were presented last summer by Sir 
Thomas Reade, Consul at Tunis. On the tip of the tail of the male was 
found the small claw or prickle which has been conjectured by one of 
the commentators on Homer, to be the stimulus with which the lion 
has poetically been said to lash himself into rage. 
PUMA. 
(See page 9.) 
AFRICAN CIVET CAT. 
Viverra Civetta, Linn. La Civette, Buff. 
Native of various parts of Africa. It is this animal which is supposed 
to produce the perfume called Civet. 
INDIAN CIVET CAT. 
Viverra Rasse, Horsf. Viverra Indica, Geoff. Genetta Indica, Cuv. La 
Genette des Indes, Cuv. 
From the Continent and Islands of India. It has been described by 
Dr. Horsfield as it exists in Java. Emits a musky odour. 
PARADOXURE GENNETS. (Males.) 
Paradoxurus Typus, F. Cuv. Viverra nigra, Desm. La Civette h. ban- 
deau, Geoff. Le Pougoun6, Cuv. 
From Eastern Asia. — Presented by Colonel Sykes and Capt. R. J. 
Fayrer. 
WHITE-FRONTED PARADOXURE. 
Paradoxurus albifrons, . Paradoxurus Pallasii, Gray. 
A new species, first described from a specimen presented to the 
Menagerie, by Walter Buchanan, Esq. 
EGYPTIAN ICHNEUMON. 
Herpestes Pharaonis, III. 
